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Though we never quite understood the standard MiniPaceman, we can certainly understand this: it’s the one-off Mini Paceman ‘Adventure’, and it’s a pickup.

Why has this Thing occurred? BMW apprentices at Munich and Dingolfing worked in collaboration with their instructors to build a ‘creative vision’ for the Mini brand.

So, they took a standard Mini Cooper S Paceman as their base car and chopped off that ungainly rear end - as well as stripping out the rear bench - to create a cargo area. On top there’s a solid roof rack that can store a spare wheel. Or maybe a gun turret, if you’re equipping it for the impending apocalypse.

The engineers modified the chassis to give it greater ground clearance front and rear, while underneath sits Mini’s ALL4 four-wheel-drive system, coupled to a turbocharged 1.6-litre petrol engine producing 184bhp. The standard car will go from 0-62mph in 7.8 seconds and hit a top speed of 132mph. You do the math for this pickup.

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“The Mini Paceman Adventure would be suitable for driving on gravel roads, through muddy tracks or on desert trails,” Mini tells us. There’s even a “snorkel-like” roof-level air intake that, says Mini, would make it ideal for crossing a river.

Elsewhere, you’ll find some additional lights on the roof rack, special off-road tyres and ‘Jungle Green’ metallic paintwork. “There are no plans for series production,” Mini says, which is unfortunate. Because when zombies begin their attack on humankind, this could become a handy little thing…

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